by Lavinia Kent
“No, not that. It’s even better.”
“Even better than the king being crowned?”
He crouched down before her until their eyes were even. “Yes. Lady Connortan’s recent letter was correct. There was a second redheaded governess in Norfolk. I sent one of the grooms who had known her since childhood to investigate, and he assures me it really is her. He says there can be no mistake. He would know her anywhere. He did not approach her because he did not wish to scare her off.” His words tumbled out with excitement. “She was working for the Earl of Hunterdon, but she now has a position as a baby nurse with a Mr. Henry Wattington—I’ve actually done business with the man. Isabella has been traveling with Mrs. Wattington and their child. They were due to arrive in London for the coronation but there has been a strange delay, according to my man—something about the Duke of Strattonford. It made no sense to me. What is important is that if all goes well she should arrive in the next few days. I can’t wait to tell Violet. Should I tell her now or wait? I still can’t believe it. I have found Isabella.”
Clara heard the excitement in his voice. Little Johnny would not be the only one who would have trouble sleeping. It was wonderful to hear him so joyful. He had worried incessantly in the beginning about what would happen when they found Isabella, but lately—now that they’d survived their own scandals—the thought of more did not scare him. In fact, he was positively shining with excitement. It would be hard to settle him to sleep. It would take quite a bit of…work.
Ah, the duties a wife was forced to perform. “Do you know, my love, I just received delivery of a box of the very finest silk stockings? Do you think they’ll hold tight to the bedposts, or will they slip loose?”
The gleam in her husband’s eye as he pulled her to her feet was enough of an answer.
About the Author
LAVINIA KENT, president of Washington Romance Writers and a four-time Golden Heart nominee, attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate and holds an MBA from Georgetown. She lives with her husband and three children in Washington, DC.
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Romances by Lavinia Kent
BOUND BY TEMPTATION
A TALENT FOR SIN
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-196608-8
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